Aerosmith Named MusiCares 2020 Person of the Year

Aerosmith add another major honor to their large list of career accolades by being named the 2020 MusiCares Person of the Year.

The MusiCares Person of the Year award honors musicians who have made an impact through various philanthropic efforts, as well as their impact on the music industry in general. Past recipients of this honor include Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCarney, Neil Young, Billy Joel and Elton John.

Aerosmith will be presented with this honor during the 2020 MusiCares Person of the Year gala taking place January 24, which falls two days before the 62nd GRAMMY Awards. The gala helps raise funds for the MusiCares program that provides musicians and other music industry professionals assistance when seeking various medical treatments.

In a statement, President/CEO of MusiCares and the Recording Academy Deborah Dugan said, “Aerosmith has walked the walk when it comes to raising funds to impact music people in recovery. It is sure to be an amazing evening.”

BY THE NUMBERS: Aerosmith’s ‘Toys In The Attic’

• Copies sold in the U.S.: 8 million 

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  Released in 1975, 'Toys In The Attic' remains the highest-selling studio album in Aerosmith's catalog.

• Number of tracks on the album: 9

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  "Toys In The Attic" "Uncle Salty" "Adam's Apple" "Walk This Way" "Big Ten Inch Record" "Sweet Emotion" "No More No More" "Round and Round" "You See Me Crying"

• Highest position on Billboard 200: 11

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  'Toys In The Attic' peaked at number 11 on the Billboard 200 album chart in September 1975.
• Number of weeks on the Billboard 200: 128

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  'Toys In The Attic' remains Aerosmith's longest-charting studio album in their catalog.

• Number of tracks that appeared on Billboard Hot 100: 2

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  "Sweet Emotion" peaked at number 36, while "Walk This Way" topped out at number 10.

• Number of times tracks from ‘Toys In The Attic’ appeared in TV/Film/Video Games, per IMDb: 21

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  Three 'Toys In The Attic' tracks - "Sweet Emotion," "Walk This Way" and the title track - has been licensed for a total combined 21 times by various TV, film and video game properties.
• Ranking on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 229

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  The only other Aerosmith album to rank higher was 1976's 'Rocks,' which was ranked at 176.